Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1887-04-12
LOCAL JOTS.
ther cool, yet pleasant.

Weather cool, yet pleasant.
Booth in "Richlieu'' at the Theatre to-
night.
The City Council meets tonight to con-
slider the nuisance ordinance.
The regular meeting of the Loyal League
will be held at the Federal Court room this
evening.
Messrs. Tomney, Tufts and Soules were
the bondsmen who went $500 worth on
p. d. Sprague.
Now that the Authors Carnival is over,
everyone is looking eagerly forward to the
Paper Carnival.
Wells, Fargo d. Co. yesterday shipped ore
valued at 500: base bullion valued at $4,000;
total, $1,000.
Quite number of persons came in from
the surrounding towns to-day to attend the
Booth performances.
The store recently used bv j. l.. Lucas is
being reftted by L. E. Harper, who expects
TO occupy it by the last of this week.
Mccormick g. Co. to-day received Hanauer
bullion valued at 1926; Bannock silver, So
$50; silver and lead ores, $2400; total. $8455.
Four ska inch braces have just been put
up between the White Elephant Saloon and
ing in on Karricks cellar.
Special trains have been carrying lumber
to the Garfield landing within the last three
weeks and the work of building up there is
fast coming to completion.
Ore is now piIing in from all directions.
The fine weather is making things boom.
One local assayer has made over sixty as
says since yesterday morning.
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summoned to appear in the Police Court on
Thursday next, to answer to the charge
made against them of keeping house of i'll
fame.
A. d. Neff, the cohab. whose time at the
Pen expired yesterday, was not permitted to
take the poor debtors oath. He is likely
to remain in the cooler until he emembers
where some of his wealth is stored.
J. 7. HARDWOOD was the other day offered
S25 for his fine painting of Peaceful
American Lark Field This is not very
encouraging TO the artist, who no doubt has
spent weeks of most careful work on this
beautiful piece of art.
Handsome groups of the photographs of
Carleton's opera company are to be seen in
many of the Main street windows. Most of
them represent characters in the charming
"Nanon." The engagement of this con-
Bishop Raleigh, the well-known under
grounder came out into the daylight, with
heliotrope beard. The sun, however, soon
bleached the Bishops whiskers to their
natural whiteness, and he was obliged to
stink back into his true inwardness.
Philadelphia, Boston and New York can
italists evince great deal of confidence in
our Utah mines They have been buying
up Ontario and DAILY stock very largely
within the last three days. Ontario going at
S26 and 1927 and DAILY at $3.50 and $16.50.
At the annual meeting of st. Marks
parish, held Easter Tuesday, the following
were elected officers for the ensuing year:
Wardens-Geo. Nj. Scott, Geo. Y. Wallace;
vestrymen-E. Wilkes, E. b. Wilder, G. b.
burst, M. S. Severance, DR.. Lorin Hail. j.
II. Woodman and Z. Wilkes, Jr.
The Edwin Booth troupe arrived by this
mornings train and are distributed as fol-
lows among the hotels: There are nineteen
stopping at the Cliff; five at the Walker;
two at the Palace and one at the Continen-
tai This accounts for twenty-seven, and
the twenty eighth is Mr.. Edward Royle,
who will be the guest of his parents during
his stay here.
This afternoon two drunken horsemen
made their way down Main street.
as far as Second South. Here they
turned westward, and one of them, |
after riding his horse from ears to
tail, was finally landed head foremost under |
the horses heels. The government tax dis
penser still held to the lines, regained his |
seat, and rode dizzily down the street.
The running race on the Salt Lake race |
track to-day between Rosa Fisher, the Idaho |
mare, and Bountiful's sorrel, resulted rather |
unsatisfactory. The horses got beautiful |
start, but when half way around the course |
the saddle on the Bountiful horse turned |
and threw the rider. Rosa Fisher came in |
ahead. Rosa Fisher was given the race. No /
time announced. They will run a second |
race for $50, because of the turning of the |
saddle.
During the Carnival at the Opera House
last evening one of the stage doors few
open and knocked a gas jet back against
one of the scenes. The painted canvas
caught the flame readily, and but for the
presence of mind of gentleman who hap
pened to see it, something serious would
have occurred. Taking out big silk hand
kerchief and instruotiRg the ladies who were
near not TO scream, the gentleman soon had
the hamc smothered. OF course, the acci-
dent was no ones fault, but little more
care IN the arrangement of the gas Jets
would be advisable.